cje
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Post by cje on Sept 11, 2011 17:49:26 GMT -5
The 32 men that came to help out in the Alamo. I just have to wonder where Travis would have assigned them along the long Alamo walls? Some of these fellas would want to fight together no doubt but others may have had friends they would like to be stationed with.
But where would they have been needed the most after resting up from their travels to the Alamo?
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Post by loucapitano on Sept 12, 2011 18:10:41 GMT -5
It's only opinion, but I go with the idea that the Gonzales force would prefer to fight with their friends (of which there were many, including Mrs. Dickenson) rather than as a seperate force. However, it does seem that several goups, like the New Orleans Greys, chose to stick together. This probably added to the "espirit de coeur" in that each man was fighting for his unit as much as fighting for Texas. That's just my opinion, but I've read some support in books and articles that it was a factor.
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Sept 13, 2011 19:32:28 GMT -5
It's only opinion, but I go with the idea that the Gonzales force would prefer to fight with their friends (of which there were many, including Mrs. Dickenson) rather than as a seperate force. However, it does seem that several goups, like the New Orleans Greys, chose to stick together. This probably added to the "espirit de coeur" in that each man was fighting for his unit as much as fighting for Texas. That's just my opinion, but I've read some support in books and articles that it was a factor. I hadn't really thought about it, but you do raise a good point. The Greys were more like a cohesive unit, so it makes sense they would stand and fight together as a unit. The Gonzalez 32, on the other, strike me as a collection of friends and neighbors but not a unified force. So, while some of them might have stuck together, it is also realistic to believe others hung with friends and neighbors already holed up inside the 'Mo. Paul |
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